by Seamus Heaney and “Stop All The Clocks” by W. H. Auden are beautifully opposite poems about family and love. By using two opposite themes‚ imageries and rhymes‚ both poems bring to reader different feeling. The first similar thing between “Digging” and “Stop all clocks” is their theme. Both of them talk about their personal experience. However‚ the reader still can find the difference when they read these poems. In “Digging” by Seamus Heaney‚ the readers can see the multiple themes. The first
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With an almost identical name‚ the two poems‚ "Mosquitoes" by David Campbell and "Mosquito" by John Updike share the theme on mosquitoes. However‚ both composers had used different language techniques and tone to express their differing opinions on mosquitoes. Whereas Campbell describes mosquitoes as "our babies"‚ Updike displays mosquitoes in a more negative view such as our opponent. In addition to presenting and sharing the same subject‚ the poems also similar in the following ways‚ such as the
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Both Takashi’s poem‚ ‘The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field’‚ and SadokoKuriha’s poem‚ ‘When We Say Hiroshima’ were written during a terrible time in the human race’s history‚ the bombing of Hiroshima. The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field is a poem written in English where as When We Say Hiroshima is a poem written in Japanese and then was translated to English. The blade of grass in a dreamless field is a very personal poem in which Takashi reflects upon his experiences of the Hiroshima bombing
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We are all torn between wanting to stand apart and wanting to fit in. How is this conflict explored in 2 poems and one text? (800 words) An Amerian psychiatrist‚ William Glasser‚ once said: “We are driven by five genetic needs: survival‚ love and belonging‚ power‚ freedom and fun.” As humans‚ the impulse to search for acceptance is present in our nature; however we are also driven by our desire to be unique. It is this conflict between wanting to stand apart and wanting to fit in that shapes our
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The Power of Love in “A Tale of Two Cities” “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times” was one of the famous lines written by Charles Dickens in his 1879 novel “A Tale of Two Cities.” In the story‚ a bank owner named Jarvis Lorry is met by a young lady called Lucie Manette in Dover‚ England. Lucie once thinks that her father has been long dead; however‚ Mr. Lorry corrects that thought by telling her that people have found her father in France. At first‚ Lucie thinks that she will go and
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In Charles Dickens’s‚ A Tale of Two Cities‚ the structure of three different books is used to clearly depict the moral and to better understand the magnitude and complexities of the story being told. With the first book the reader is put into a politically tense time‚ a period of turmoil and inequality in France‚ when the people are on the brim of revolution‚ in order to set the context of the story and develop the conflict. War then breaks out in France and Dickens portrays how it can affect life
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Anna Sidhu September 26‚ 2010 Unit 1 – Lesson 1.1 – 1.11 Aunt Poem Literary Response After reading the poem Aunt by Al Young the inference I can make about the aunt’s personality is that she is not afraid to express her emotions whether those feelings are of happiness or anger‚ out going‚ and a generally happy positive person. The reason I know that she is not afraid to express her feelings is from the line in that poem “O & her anger realer than gasoline slung into fire” and “She
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On The Subway In the poem “On The Subway” the narrator contrasts the portraits of herself and the man sitting in the opposite side of her. She contrasts both by telling the difference between their lifestyles‚ the way they’re dressed‚ look‚ and race. She uses the literary techniques tone and imagery to contrast. The writer uses tone in the poem during her comparison to show her fear. In the poem when she describes the man’s appearance she goes on talking about how the man could take her
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The narrator in the poem Ulalume expresses the nightmarish terrors of obsession particularly in the second stanza‚ which utilises an epic simile in order to reveal the narrators feelings in the past and present. Physical images are used such as “my heart was volcanic‚” to express feelings and emotions that cannot be described using words‚ reinforcing the idea that this stanza is an epic simile. Furthermore like classical poetry it makes references to Greek mythology as evident with “psyche‚” which
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This person protects him dearly and he admits that‚ as a result of this‚ he has committed treason against his country. He hopes that his country‚ his other dearest love‚ will pardon him because he loves both his country and his love interest. | LITERARY DEVICES 1. PERSONIFICATION * Lines 4‚ 6-7: The love interest’s eyes constantly accuses and convicts the persona. This device highlights the extent to which the persona has hurt this person. * Lines 18-20: The persona hopes that his country
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